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Implead

implead vt

[Anglo-French empleder, from Old French emplaidier, from en- thoroughly + plaidier to plead]: to bring into a lawsuit ;specif: to bring (a third party who is or may be liable to the plaintiff or defendant) into a suit compare interplead, intervene, join